Child&#39;s wagon.



H. D. FIELDS.

OHILDS WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1910.

1,020,895, Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

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H. D. FIELDS.

CHILD'S WAGON.

APPLICATION rum) SEPT. 12. 1010.

. 1,020,895 Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

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HANNIBAL D. FIELDS, OF LOUGHMAN, FLORIDA.

CHILDS WAGON.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HANNIBAL D. FIELDS, a.citizen of the United States, residing at Loughman, in the county ofPolk and State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Childs lVagon,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to velocipedes.

The object of the invention is to provide a vehicle of this characterthat shall in a simple, cheap, practical and novel manner, combine thefunctions of a wagon and a teeter, the former being propelled by amechanism driven by the latter; so to support the seats as positively toprevent a child from slipping or falling out when the teeter reaches thelimit of its downward and upward movement; to construct the steeringmechanism in such manner as to permit of its being manipulated at alltimes irrespective of the position of the seats; and to arrange thebrake mechanism to be operated on either end of the wagon.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a velocipede or childs wagon,as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a velocipede or childs wagonconstructed in accordance with the presentinvent-ion. Fig. 2 is a topplan view. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on theline 3-3 of Fig. 1, and loole ing in the direction of the arrowsthereon. Fig. 4: is a similar view taken on the line 4.4= Fig. 1, andlooking in the direction of the arrowsthereon. Fig. 5 is a detail View,in side elevation, on an enlarged scale of the driving gears. Fig. (5 isa View in elevation of a slightly modified form of the invention.

The frame of the machine, is composed in this instance, of twolongitudinal sill beams 1 and 2 that converge toward the front end ofthe wagon, and terminate short thereof, and a plurality of crossbeams 3,secured to the sill beams, and upon which is mounted the floor 1,Secured in any manner to two or more of the front cross beams is atongue or reach 5 which is rigid Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 12, 1910.

Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

Serial No. 581,575.

relative to the frame, and has pivotally connected to its outer end aplate or bar (3, which, as shown in Fig. 4: is provided with downturncdterminals 7 in which is journalcd the axle 8 of the front wheels 9. Therear wheels 10 are carried by an axle 11 that is journaled in boxes 12secured to the underside of the sill beams. This axle carries a pinion13 that is engaged by a gear 14- mounted upon a crank shaft 15 journaledin a pair of hangers 16 depending from. one of the cross beams whichhangers have rearwardly projecting arms through which the axle 11 isalso journaled. The shaft is provided with two cranks 17, at the endsthereof each of which is engaged by one end of a connecting rod 18, theother ends of the two rods being connected with a shaft 19, clearlyshown in F 1-, which is carried by two semi-circular braces or struts 20upon which is supported the teeter presently to be described.

In order to permit application of the brakes 21, two levers 22 and 23are provided, one being located adjacent to the front and the otheradjacent to the rear end of the wagon. Rigid with the lower end of thelever 23 is a bell crank lever, the bend of which is journaled on ashaft 24 mounted in brackets 25 secured to the upper side of the beam,and connecting with the arm 26 of the lever is one end of a rod 27, theother end of which is connected with the brake shoe in any preferredmanner, the rod being supported in operative position by a guide 28secured to the underside of the floor. The lever 22 is fulcrumed upon ashaft 29 mounted in brack-' ets 30 secured to the upper side of the beam2, and has connected with it, intermediate of its ends, one end of a rod31, the other end of which is connected with the arm 26 of the bellcrank lever on the side opposite that to which the rod 27 is. secured.From the arrangement it will be seen that by pressing down upon thelever 23 the brakes will be applied, while to secure the same result thelever 22 has to be rocked.

The teeter, to which reference has been made, comprises two side bars 32to which the upper ends of the braces are firmly secured as by rivets.These side bars are supported upon a shaft 33 that projects through theside bars, as shown in Fig. 2. The shaft extends through a beam 34 whichis rigidly the front axle.

; secured in the bends of a pair of inverted V-shaped brackets 35 thelower ends of which are bent at an angle to their length and are securedby bolts 36 to the sill beams.

The side bars 32 are preferably constructed of metal and are providedwith upturned terminals 37, and connecting each pair of the members 37is a shaft 38 upon which is swung the seat 39, which is pivoted to theshaft at its upper outer corner and which may be of any preferredconstruction. In order to prevent the seats from assuming a forwardincline when at the limit of their upward movement, means are providedto cause the seats always to have a backward inclination so that anydanger of the occupants slipping or falling from the seats will beprevented. This means comprises four rods or links 40, the outer end ofeach of which is pivotally connected to the forward end or the lowerinner corner of the seat portions 41, and the rear ends of which arefulcrumed on a shaft 42 below the shaft 33 supported by a pair ofstandards 43 secured to the floor. As will be seen by reference to Fig.1, as indicated by dotted lines thereon when the teeter is at the limitof its upward movement, the backs of both of the seats occupy a rearwardinclined position, thus accomplishing the object sought.

The means for guiding the vehicle comprises a bail 44, the forward endsof which are pivotally connected with the plate 6 of The bend 45 of thebail is engaged by the lower end of a rod 46, the upper end of whichextends through the beam 34 and has pivotally connected with it asteering bar 47 provided with a handle 48. By this arrangement theoccupants of the rear seat may readily steer the vehicle when the teeteris at rest or is being operated.

As av matter of further improvement, if desired, a balance wheel 49 maybe combined with the shaft 11 as shown in Fig. 6, whereby, by itsmomentum, to reduce the labor of propelling the machine. Of course, itis to be understood that this balance wheel may be employed inconnection with the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 5, and asthis will be obvious illustration is omitted.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that while theimprovements herein described are simple in character, that they will bethoroughly eflicient for the purposes designed and will coact to producea durable and a practical form of velocipede.

What is claimed is:

l. The combination with a wheeled frame having its rear axle providedwith a gear, of a pair of standards supported by the frame, a pair ofhangers depending from the frame, a shaft journaled in the standards, ateeter pivotally mounted upon the shaft, seat-s carried by the teeter,semi-circular braces secured at their ends to the frame of the teeter, asecond shaft arranged intermediate the ends of the braces, a shaftjournaled in the said hangers carrying a gear meshing with that of therear axle and having cranks at the ends thereof, and a rod connectingeach crarfik of the said shaft with the said second sha t.

2. The combination with a wheeled frame having its rear axle providedwith a gear,

of a pair of standards supported by the frame, a pair of hangersdepending from the frame and having rearwardly projecting arms throughwhich the rear axle is journaled, a shaft journaled in the saidstandards, a teeter pivotally mounted upon the shaft, seats carried bythe teeter, semicircular braces secured at their upper ends to the frameof the teeter, a second shaft arranged intermediate the ends of thebraces, a shaft journaled in the said hangers carrying a gear meshingwith that of the rear axle and having cranks at the ends thereof, and arod connecting each crank of the said shaft with the said second shaft.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HANNIBAL D. FIELDS.

Nitnesses i F. B. OCHSENREITER, R. L. CAMPBELL.

Copies of this natent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

